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The Omaha Bee DAILY (MORNING) EVENING SUNDAY FOUNDED BY EDWARD ROSEWATER VICTOR ROSEWATER, EDITOR THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY, PROPRIETOR MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Tb Associated Prt-M, of whlck Th hm u a number. 11 t cluslnlj suutled lo the uh for puhtleauoii' of U news disruuck endued to II of not otherwise credited tit thlf paper, and also the local now pubUahed herein. All rtdit of publication of our svectal dlap.tr hM an also Keened. BEE TELEPHONES: Print Branch Exrhuw. - Ask tor th TnlM 1 fffl DtputBMot or PtrUeultt Ptrioo Wutad. JflCr X UWU For Nlfhl r Sunday Service Call I SdltoHal DaparuriHit ..... Tyler 1000L. ttrcuLuea Daoartniant - - - Tjlec 1008 L. : Adwtitlns Deptrttueoi . . ... Tyler 100&U MIS Laann worth 3318 N Street ll NorttK 40t OFFICES OF THE BEEi Horn Offtos, Baa Building. i;t)i and raraaa. Branch Office' Ames 4110 North 34th Park Benson 1U Military An. South Bid Cotiuotl BtafTI 13 Bcott St. I Walnut Out-of-Town Officos: Kew York; CU Ml Fifth At. I Washington 1311 O Street t'tueafo Beaavr Bide. I Llnouln 1330 H Street JUNE CIRCULATION: Daily 64,611 Sunday 61,762 Arena circulation for the month subscribed and iwom to by ii. &. Batan, Circulation Manager. Subscriber laavinf th city ahould hav Th B mailed to thara. Address changed ja often a requested. You should know that Omaha is one of the leading mov ing picture distributing centers of the United States. Well, Mr. Ringer, how about it? Murder is none the less murder because a policeman commits it. The army of labor certainly knows how to put on a parade. Omaha's weekly total of bank clearings con tinues to look mighty imposing. Monday being Labor day, no bulletins were issued with reference to the "muny" grocery. General Pershing will find it much more pleasant coming back than he did going over. aaamaaMBaaaaaBaanMaiBBaBjBBaaBW Lincoln has a real housing problem on its hands this week. The state fair visitors pro vide the jam. Japan has not yet appointed an ambassador to the United States. Waiting for the end of the Shantung affair, maybe. Even the "committee of 500" has discovered the difference between a newspaper and a club. And that The Bee is a newspaper. The battleship Nebraska is at home again in Pacific waters. That old "tub" is a long way from being in fhe discard yet All is quiet again in Knoxville, but the pub lic will wonder at the gunnery that aimed at a mob and only succeeded in killing an army officer. ' ( A thousand miles in 465 minutes is pretty good going even for these dayl-of suddenness. It will probably stand as an air record for some time. V . SWheat dealers must get license or face' prosecution is the oltimatum from the director. In other words, he proposes that price control shall control prices. I "Special agents" jwll do well to keep out of sight when the "morals" squad goes into action, unless they want to be made the goat in eveint anything happens. '""" ''- Fanny how worried the democrats have be come all of a sudden over the possible repub lican nominee for next year. They must know who is going to lead the donkey to defeat. The democratic senator from Nebraska is on the card today to address the senate on the treaty. It will be interesting to know how he will justify paying Japan by robbing China. An 80-year-old Massachusetts maiden de plores the garb worn by the girls of today. She is not to be blamed, for she would probably look a fright if dressed as the modern misses usually are. If the Oregon could speak, what do you suppose it would have said when the modern first-line ships went steaming past as they rode the tide through the Golden Gate? The first, ship of its day, a source of pride to all Ameri cans yet, the Oregon has a story that will never fade in the annals of our navy. Having finally enacted the death penalty for bootlegging, the Omaha police "morals" squad probably feels it has reached the limit of im posing terror. Some way should be found of impressing these irresponsibles with knowledge of the fact that the law runs for a policeman the same as for all other citizens. Pumpkin Pies, Too An Ohio paper denounces the doubling of the cost of pumpkin pies and calls for the prosecution of dealers inv pumpkins, which shows little intelligence m the attempted round-up of profiteers. The pumpkin is one of the most opulent gifts of nature in quan tity. A pumpkin seed discounts a grain of corn in the abundance of what can be pro duced in a single season. The great golden globes can be seen by wagonloads in the corn fields when harvest home is near and frost be gins to tingle in the autumnal breeze. One big pumpkin goes a long way in the making of pits. It is the other ingredients that cost, some of them assembled from distant regions of the earth. Of itself, stewed pumpkin is a remarkably tasteless thing. It would be a laughable item on a bill of fare. France's gifted cooks .have been able to do nothing with the-' pumpkin. 'American genius has unques tionably beaten them in pumpkin pies, baked beans, succotash, clam chowder, doughnuts, and. of course, apple pies. A plea of failure in raising pumpkins can not be allowed- If the government specially encouraged them as a crop, storage room would soon be overwhelmed and pumpkin pies be as scarce and dear as ever. Sweet potatoes af ford a good substitute, though the tang of flavor is not quite the same. Science, if neces sary, could supply the pumpkin flavor in con centrated essences. But what an idea, with pumpkins so ponderously profuse and easily multiplied. Profiteers would be glad to see investigat ing committees sidetracked on pumpkins. St 'Louis Globe-Democrat TIME TO CALL A HALT. The growing practice among Omaha police of shooting recklessly and indiscriminately in connection with their "raids" has borne its logical fruit. A young man lies dead today because he sought to flee from the ."morals" squad. His ultimate offense was that he was sus pected of delivering a bottle of liquor to a customer. , This is the crowning achievement of a long list of outrages perpetrated in the "rough house" campaign for enforcement of the pro hibitory law in Omaha. These have included entrance to homes after the inmates had re tired, forced without warrant or shadow of legal right; dragging women from bed in their night clothes, beating women, tearing their scanty garments from them, slugging men, and other unseemly and disgraceful proceedings, the purpose of which can not be discerned, un less it be to terrorize the victims of police bru tality. It is merely a coincidence, we believe, that the murder followed a meeting at which the paid "business agent" of the group that is sup porting the "morals" squad again denounced The Bee because it has criticized the inhuman con duct and illegal actions of the police. We have no pleasure in this; we would far rather be in position to commend the police for the orderly enforcement of law and praise the good order they maintain. This paper can not and will not evade, the duty it owes the public, but will continue to object' to the disgraceful and incompetent management of the department. Superintendent Ringer knows the law, and he knows what is incumbent on him as di rector of the police force in Omaha. Does he commend or condemn the brutal slaying of Eugene Scott, responsibility for whose death rests on members of the department of which he is head? Raisulfs Debut Stock Sale That Ought to Win. One sale of stock is proposed for Omaha that' ought to be a success It is the $500,000 issue for the new Ak-Sar-Ben exposition. Plans that are nov cpmtng to an issue have been ten tatively discussed for many :years. In general, the scheme contemplates giving to Ak-Sar-Ben a quality a little above the carnival idea, to provide something more substantial in the way of entertainment for visitors, and to make the organization if possible of greater service. In no way will the main purpose of the famous J organization be modified. Exercises at the Den will continue each year just the same as for the last quarter of a century. Parades in the fall will be exhibited as usual, and all the salient features of the great festival will be maintained. But these will be extended and made more purposeful by the addition of a great exposi tion, where all the elements and- resources of the kingdom's greatness may be gathered for inspection and comparison. In this way every thing that has been found objectionable in the past will be eliminated and without in the least destroying the amusement character of the en terprise. ' Words are wasted in arguing to Omahans the benefits that come from Ak-Sar-Ben. These are too well established, and shared in too generally. For this reason, the job of selling stock in the concern should be easy, Omaha should see to it that the half-million is quickly taken up. Conference That Should Help. A -conference between representatives of labor and those who employ or direct labor, as proposed by the president, should beget only good. Much of the present unrest arises from misunderstandings that grow out of the aloof ness of those whose interests are identical and between whom the closest of confidence should exist. With all due regard to the opinion of Judge Gary, a talk across the table is pro ductive of far better relations than a formal exchange of epistles, setting forth precisely at titudes to be assumed and held. Social justice, democratization of industry, and similarphrases fill the mouth, and tickle the imagination, but ao:omplish little of real service. When the boss and the men can get together, lay their prob lems side by side, ceasing to magnify their own grievances and making an effort to see the things from the other fellow's end, many a cause of friction will be found imaginary, and the real ones may be dealt with in such way as reduce them to a state of harmlessness. Nothing ever Was lost through possible an tagonists talking matters over. Even if the conference should split up without agreeing on a workable plan, v conditions will be no worse than now, while the possibility of an adjustment is a prize worth trying for. Testing the Farm Bureau Law. The suit instituted in Hall county to test the so-called farm bureau law will bring a benefit, no matter which way it is determined. If the present law is valid, some of its defects may be cured by amendment. If not a good law, then the work must be started over. For the basic idea is sound. Farmers need the as sistance that is afforded by the county agent and the farm bureau. If the work is intelligently done and instructions carefully followed, the increase in yield will compensate many times for the expense. Objection may be laid against the use of public money for the purpose, but this may be answered without stretching the point that the expenditure is for public good. The general fund of state and counties is used in other ways to promote the interests and effi ciency of agriculture and its allied industries, and no hardship is worked upon any when a portion is employed directly to improve meth ods of husbandry in general or particular. Our farmers are progressive and are rapidly learn ing better ways of doing old things. Getting back to first principles, the United States army is not a reformatory. This has again been officially promulgated by the judge advocate general, who holds that loyal service does not wash out a record of criminalty. Democrats are looking to a by-election in Alabama as a test If the republican wins, they will take it as adverse to the treaty. But, as Mulcahy said to Muldoon: "If the brick stKays up, she's yourn." Chicago labor unions abandoned their Labor day parade for the odd reason that 200,000 members are idle because of strikes and lock outs. With nothing to do but march, they de cided not to march. ' ' Seventy thousand guests arrived at Mr. Buckingham's well known hotel on ,the South Side Monday. They were mostly sheep, how ever ' From the Christian Science Monitor. Some 15 years ago, the attention of a world which had never given much attention to the country before was suddenly riveted, in the most engaging way, upon Morocco. Morocco, it is true, had, for many years previ ously, been moving in and out of the realms of high diplomacy, but the average man never concerns himself greatly with high diplomacy when it relates to what he regards as side is sues, and so Morocco had fain to be content to enter into general thought only in associa tion with an expensive kind of leather or at best, in the less delectable company of pirates and buccaneers. In the June days of 1904, however, a melo drama, such as would have rejoiced the heart of a Drury Lane theater manager, was suddenly staged in Morocco. And, one morning, the papers were full of it. They told how a certain Moor ish brigand named Raisuli, who, for some time past, had been making a name for himself in the hill country behind Tangier, had swept down at the head of a few followers and carried off an Englishman, Mr. Cromwell Varley, and Mr. Ion Perdicaris, an American subject, from a house some miles outside the city, and was holding them for ransom. Now the Shereefian government was not, at first, disposed to interfere. There was a cer tain recognized course of procedure in such matters. Relatives would take the matter in hand, and pay-the ransom,' and so it would be settled. Or if they did not pay the ransom, why, it would be settled in some other way. So Fez gossiped about it, and Tangier gossiped about it, for an hour or two, and then would fain have dismissed the subject for some other topic. But, hard on the heels of the first news, came the demand from London and Washing ton that the Shereefian government should take steps to secure the release of these kidnaped men, and that without delay. Fez was sur prised, not a little puzzled, and somewhat hurt, but agreed to attend to the matter. And Fez did attend to the matter, but in true Shereefian style, and the Shereefian idea of celerity did not harmonize with the ideas held on the ques tion in either Washington or London. Within a few days, therefore, there came from both capitals a peremptory demand for more ex pedition, within a few more days, a small American squadron of six warships was steam ing across the Atlantic, and within a few more, had anchored in Tangier bay. By this time, all the world was agog. The American commander did not mince matters. Full assurance that Mr. Perdicaris would be released would have to be given, within 24 hours, or else the American guns would open fire upon Tangier. Fez was amazed and in credulous, but messengers coming hot foot from Tangier insisted on the' almost unbeliev able fact that the American commander was in earnest. It was a Friday evening, close to the longest day, and when the sun had at last sunk into the sea, far north of west, beyond the shoulder of Gibraltar, peace was very much in evidence on all hands, rather than war. There was no stir in the air and no stir on the sea. The white immensity of the Atlas mountains was still discernible agains the purple sky; the jighted warships, white from stern to stern as they were in those days, "rode double" in the still waters; whilst the only sound was the faint strains qf music from one of the ships, and every now and then the bark of a dog. from the shore. Raisuli and his doings had been dis cussed all day. Moors who had rowed out to the ships in large, flat-bottomed boats had dis cussed him, and argued about him with one an other in that "terrible manner" of the v east which signifies nothing, yet seems to portend disaster at every moment Everybody had talked about him. And now everybody was just waiting, without much anxiety, it must be confessed, either ashore or afloat For the necessary assurance would certainly be given. There would be, no bombardment. And so in deed it happened. The complete 'surrender came before dawn. Fez paid the ransom, Mr. Perdicaris and Mr. Varley were released, and Raisuli scored the first great Success of the career he has followed, .intermittently, ever since. It was, in fact Raisuli's debut. 1 People You Ask About Information About Folka in the Public Eye Will Be Given in This Column in Answer to Readers' Questions. Your Name Will Not Be Printed. Let The Bee tell You. Transportation a Problem The latest monthly report on business con ditions in the Eighth Federal Reserve district, made by William McC. Martin, chairman of the board and federal reserve agent, reveals many complex problems, but one of the most signifi cant is the renewal of complamts about slow freight deliveries. The coal operators and coal dealers of Missouri and Illinois have been mak ing vigorous efforts to get the order for trans ferring coal cars to the east set aside. The de mand by the east is due to the fact that so many cars are standing laden with coal designed for export purposes, awaiting ships. These are premonitory signs of the conges tion that has so often imposed incalculable financial losses and caused great privations. It is a condition that increases the alarm over the action of the railway shopmen. With the most active use of the entire railway equipment, sup plemented by the largest use of the navigable rivers, it will require foresight and expert man agement to take care of the fall and winter rush of crops and distribution of the fuel sup ply, to say nothing of the distribution of gen eral merchandise, including prepared foodstuffs. There is not a single car in the Unjted States that should be idle now. All should be kept steadily in service. The problem of ships is equally grave, and closely related. We should have our new merchant marine put to work, even though only temporary arrangements can be made. No one will dispute the emergency who has given the question any attention. We should not become so interested in the chase of extortioners al though the Department of Justice and the state authorities should be vigilant in their prosecu tions as to overlook some of the fundamental causes which keep up the cost of living and give the extortioners facts behind which they hide. Without facilities for commerce on the seas, there can be no approach to normal condi tions. Nor can we utilize our railways for domestic purposes, to their full extent as long as equipment is tied up because of lack of ships. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. The Day We Celebrate. Allan D. Falconer of Stack &. Falconer, un dertakers, born 1875. Sumner I. Kimball, the originator of the United States life-saving service, born at Le banon, Me., 85 years ago. Hiram W. Johnson, United States senator from California, now discussed as a possible presidential nominee, born at Sacramento, Calif., 53 years ago. Hiram P. Maxim, celebrated investor and mechanical engineer, born in Brooklyn, N. Y., 50 vears ago. Hoke Smith, senior United States senator from Georgia, born at Newton, N. C, 64 years ago. Rev. Newell Dwight Hillis, noted clergyman and author, born at Magnolia, la., 61 years ago. ago. Thirty Years Ago in Omaha. Nearly 100 drummers met to make prelimi nary arrangements for thei& grand parade in connection with merchants' week fair. Among the buildings nmed as points of interest for fair visitors, were: The Bee, New York Life, County Court house, Union Pacific headquarters. Government, Board of Trade and the following bank buildings: .First, Nebraska, United States, Omaha, Merchants and Com mercial National. A grand parade and general suspension of business marked Labor day. The Omaha Flambeau club met at the Omaha Guards' armory for dress parade in preparation for their participation in merchants' week festivities. Fought In Three Wars. Brig. Gen. James H. Wilson, U. S. A. retired, who celebrates his 824 birthday today, is one of tha few surviving' general officers of the union army. He is a native of Illinois and a graduate of West Point During his active military career he earned a high reputation as.' an engineer. After leaving the service in 1870 he engaged in rail road work and eventually became president of the old New York & New England railroad. Then he tried the foreign field and was in China many months supervising the construction of rail lines. In the war with Spain he was commission ed brigadier general and served in Cuba as a corns and department commander. When, in 1900, the Boxer uprising in China called for immediate action. General Wilson, because of his extensive knowledge of the country, was again called into active service. He commanded in the capture of the Eight Temples, and afterwards commanded the American troops in Pekln. Expert In Foreign Trade. James A. Farrell, who has an nounced a gift of $20,000 toward the endowment of a school at George town university to train students in all the details governing foreign trade, and thll enahla tha TTnltnri States to maintain and expand its commercial gains of the last five years, possesses an expert knowl edge of the foreign markets, having been in charge of the export busi ness of the United States Steel cor poration before he became president of that great corporation. Mr. Far rell is a self-made man, like so many other American leaders of in dustry and commerce. At 16 he left school and became a mill boy in a wire factory at New Haven. At 25 he went to Pittsburgh, where the results of his energy and long ap prenticeship began to bear fruit. From a laborer in the mills he was advanced to a position as superin tendent and then to the office of general manager. Soon he was recognized as one of the best "steel" men in America, and in 1911 he was named as president of the great steel corporation. Arthur Henderson. The Rt. Hon. Arthur Hendeson, M. P., who is expected to pay an early visit to America, is secretary of the British labor party and an in fluential fie-nrft In nilhlio affaire In Great Britain. He was a member ortne .Lloyd George war cabinet and has also been honored with mem bership in the Privy council. In the Industrial world Mr. Henri prnnn ho. gan as an apprenticeship in the lucimiuuve wonts ar. Newcas tle and his public career was begun as a member nf tha council. Since 1903 he has been a memoer or Parliament. Among the English working classes he is known as a shrewd, big-hearted man, and one not averse to a. fitrht when a fight appears necessary. To a native uiLuiuon, aignny ana common sense, he adds the essential quality of a leader of men, strong and deep loyalty to those who work with and under him. British Labor leader. George N. Barnes, who is to be one of the rpnrp.Hnnt3tlvH nf British government at the Interna tional Labor conference, which will open at Washington in October, pos sesses a deep knowledge of work ers' affairs and a sympathy which arises from an adequate grasp of their needs. Quite a "self-made" man, he entered the House of Com mons 12 years ago and soon rose to a plae of prominence, becoming in time a cabinet minister and a mem ber of the British Privy council. He began life as a into tartr, ho., Whilst still in his teens he entered tne ranks or the engineers, went to London, and after his Work in the daytime Stlldiprl hnrri at nWh classes. Step by step he rose, and evemuauy Became secretary of the Amalgamated Society of Engineers the "blue ribbon" of the British trade union world. During the years that he held this position he did much to nromote the and maintain the traditions of this powerrul and conservative trade union. DREAMLAND ADVENTURE By DADDY. MUCH IN LITTLE. Records show that dwarfs have been known to live to the patriarchal age or 9 years, whereas eianta us ually die while comparatively young An Ingenious contrivance consist ing of a framework of bamboo tubes Is fastened to the bodies of carrier-pigeons In China. During the ingnt or the bird the air oassine- through the tubes produces a shrill whistling sound which frightens Diras or prey ana keeps them at a distance. The settlement in a pipe stem or the brown stain obtained from blowing tobacco smoke' through a handkerchief . is not nicotine, as commonly supposed, but is in real ity tobacco oil, nicotine only being obtained In extract by an elaborate process of distillation and double distillation. The "Orloft", a magnificent dia mond of 103 carats, and the chief adornment of the sceptre of Rus sia, was for centuries one of the eyes of an idol in a temple in My sore, until a French soldier stole It. After many vicissitudes and changes of hands, it was purchased at Amsterdam by Prince Orion and presented by him to Catherine the Great. In the United States, in the early days of the last century, a good beaver hat became a kind of heir loom, and was handed down from father to son. For some strange reason it was considered to be rather frivolous and extravagant to be seen wearing a new beaver hat, and it was the custom when a man bought one to leave it out in stormy weather before wearing it, to "take the newness off." The use of dogtlesh as a staple article of food has obtained in Bagio, in the island of Luzon, from a very remote period. From time to time progressive traders have tried to Introduce other kinds of meat but in vain. The dogs are prepared for the table in a variety of ways, but are never boiled. For in Bagio the boiling of meat to be used for food is considered either irreligious or unlucky. "BRACE UP, OMAHA 1" What's tha matter, Omaha? Now that war ha rone afar, We expect the goodly graces. That accord with happy faces. But you're full of peevish humora, Angry' feelings, panics, rumors. Full of spleen, what wild unrest Surges in your ancient breaat. Omaha, you old curmudgeon, Sulking still In your high dudgeon. Drop your hatred anil contention!. Petty quarrels and dissensions. Purge your heart of bitter feeling: Hearts do not await your healing; Give us peace one with another. Peace to live as man anoT brother. Cheer up now, my dear old bean. Pass the word down "All serene," Wipe the wrinkles from your brow, And, old sportsman, do It new. Doff your frowns and wry grimaces, ron't go malting ugly faces. Chetr up now, my ancient friend, Never Isn't too late to mutid. SAM L. MORRIS. "RACING FOR A THRONE." (When th birds decide they want a president instead of a princess to rule Ulrdland, It Is agreed that the winner of a "mixed up" race shall be chosen. One third of th race Is to be tn the air, one third by water and one-third on land.) Balky Sam's Trick. PEGGY and Billy were left alone when the birds and animals raced away to get ready for the mixed-up race by air, land and wa ter which was to decide who was to rule Birdland. "Why did you wink at me when I asked how I should fly?" said Peggy to Billy. "Because I have a scheme for rac ing through the air that will sur prise the birds," laughed Billy. "Come and I'll show you." He took Peggy by the hand and led her to the top of Long Pine Hill. After a while they came to an open place where they could look up to the sky. Peggy saw some thing which made her cry out in wonder, "Look! Look!" she said. "Are those airplanes or monster birds?" - She pointed to where two strange objects were swooping and darting about in the high wind. Blliy laughed again. "Guess!" he answered, and led her on to the top of the hill. When they reached there the two strange objects could be seen more plainly, and at once Peggy knew they were not birds. nvr But Peggy and Billy Were Ready for Them. They were some sort of flying ma chines. "Oh, If we could only get them to carry us through the air we could win the flying race," she ex claimed. "That's Just what we are going to do," replied Billy. "That's why I winked at you. Those flying ma chines belong to me. What do you think they are?" Peggy didn't have the slightest idea. "Kites!" chuckled Billy. "The biggest and finest kites I ever made. 1 was trying them out when I heard about the council In Birdland. They pull ed so hard when the wind became strong thi.t they nearly dragged me away, and I had to tie the strings to tress. The wind Is eveu stronger now, and if we each han on to a ktte string we will go flying down the hill and right over to the shore of the lake." Peggy danced up and down with excited Joy when she heard this. She didn't have to worry any more about the flying part of the race, the only part that had really both ered her, for she could swim well and run fast. Now the noise of others coming caused them to look down the hill. There were the birds clustered around Johnny Bull, Billy Goat and Lonesome Bear. Balky Sam was there, too, his head sticking out from a bunch of bushes that hid his body. "Hee-haw! Now do as I say and we will fool Billy and Miss Peggy and win the race," brayed Balky Same to the birds, and they all twittered and giggled in great glee. "What sort of mischief do you think they are up to now?" asked Billy. "They'll find I'm not so easy to fool as they think." All the birds and animals except Balky Sam came hurrying up to the top of the hill. They grinned very wisely at Peggy and Billy and winked slyly at each other. It was plain they were up to some trick. "We animals have chosen Balky Same to race for us," barked John ny Bull. "He is our best flier." With that the birds and animals all winked at each other again as if to say: "We know something you don't know." 'Time's up!" shouted Billy. "Everybody get ready for the flying part of the race." "Cro-ak! Cro-ak! I'm ready," gurgled General Croaker, the frog. and there he was asride General Swallow's back; "Twitter! Cree! We are ready!" cried the birds. "Hee-haw! I'm ready!" brayed Balky Sam, floating out of the 'Jfie&oe'Si Against tho Rack Rent. Omaha, Aug. 29. To the Editor of The Bee: I wish to express my appreciation as well as that of many I know, democrats as well as repub licans, for your fearless stand In re gard to rent profiteers. Their greed reminds me of the rack renting landlords of Ireland 40 years ago or more. i Because there was not enough of land to go round these landlords and their agents conspired to raise rent and kept doing it until no tenant could support himself and family. Then the agent and sheriff came along and threw these poor people out on the roadside. But there was another tenant wishing to take that one's place and try to pay the higher rent, only to fail and be thrown out in turn. Most of these poor people came to America and I regret to say many of their decendants are our worst rack renters today, apparent ly without a spark of humanity, not to say justice. With you, I have no faith in city hall methods. Our city council are trying to make people believe they a"re going to do something, but the real estate men are only smiling at such efforts, knowing well that they can do' nothing and the iniquity continues to grow until conditions are assuming a desperate aspect. I know, and can give the facts, to Drove that the real estate men have conspired together to boost rents. Get the handling of all properties that the owners themselves handled heretofore, and when successful, as they usually were under promise to pet more rent, immediately advanced the rent. Then these real estate men had no houses for rent only for sale, so as to please their help less victims, by forcing them to buy at an outrageous price. This conspiracy is nation-wide, as real estate exchange is a national association. The owners of rental property are playing into their hands, but a day of reckoning is coming just as it came in Ireland. The people there, driven to despera tion, commenced first shooting the agent and then the landlords, so that the government at last woke up ana passed laws for the protection of the tenants from their greed. When I see that the law can protect me I'm readv to give a concrete case or two of conspiracy and rack renting. I'm ready to do so. Let us have quick action before winter sets in, other wise I fear we will have serious trou ble. IN THE BEST OF HUMOR. I "I see you have a girl tn place of an office boy. Any Improvement?" "She doesn't whistle and manages to shut the door after her." Browning's Magazine. "You ay you have good references T" "Yes. ma'am. I have over a 'undred splendid references?" "And how long hav you ben In do mestic service?" "Two years. ma'am." Philadelphia Evening Bulletin. Bachelor (chlrplly) Well, old man, how's everything? Benedick (gloomily) Oh, she' right. Sydney Bulletin. all Howard My wife is awfully annoying always makes a virtue of necessity. Coward Mine beats her. She makes a virtue of luxury. Life. A VICTIM OF A RACK RENTER Duly Impressed. A teacher in one of the Boston schools had shown the Ipwer grade pupils in her room a beautiful pic ture of the "Madonna and Child' and had asked them to write some thing about it. One boy of a dozen years handed the teacher the fol lowing brief and terse account of the picture: "I think Mrs. McDonough's baby is Just fine." Harper's Magazine. DAILY CARTOON ETTE. I'M 50RRY,B1LL.BUT YOU'LL HAVE TO 5LEEP WITH UNCLE JTo TONIGHT. IF HIS SNORING iii3IUKD5Y0u,jrU5TlAjflKE HIM UP? I Mrs. Jones The cook refuses to get up earlier than 7:30 o'clock. Mr. Jones Ask her If she won't do It for a couple of days until I can arrange my business. Philadelphia Inquirer, "I'm sorry . that I cannot finish my shortcake," said the guest at the dinner table. Redd: Did they have any gasless Sundays over in Prance? Ureei.e: Not until th Oermans Stopped fighting, we. didn't. Yonkers Statesman. Caesar was declaiming from the stage: "Yon Cassius hath a lean and hungry look." "He'a right," commented a stage hand. "They get tnat way playing tragedy." Get Out Your Bundle Phone Tyler 345 Give the Bundle to the Driver Result The clothes come back quickly spick, span and clean, and you'll be tickled. DRESHER BROTHERS Dyers, Cleaners, Hatters, Furriers, Tailors, Rug Cleaners, Sho Repairer. Main Office and Plant, 2211-13-17 Farnam St. Branch Office! Dresner, The Tailor, 1515 Farnam St.; Pompeiian Room of Brandeis Stores, West End of Main Floor of Burgess-Nash Co. PHONE 345. DAIjY DOT PUZZLE el5 46 ' 45 V Z3 A2 ?VT 31- Next you'll see a , Mister Nooddle says you will. Draw from 1 to 3 and so on to th end bushes. Yes, he actually floated, for holding him up were hundreds of toy balloons. Where he got them Peggy and Billy didn't know, but they had an idea that Balky Sam's brother, Circus 1 Mike, might have helped him. At any rate, there waa Balky Sam ready to fly. "One .two, three, go!" shouted Billy. Balky Same kicked out with his, heels and went bounding up ward. At the same time the birds seized strings tied to his harness and towed him swiftly through the air. That is the trick they had been planning. I But Peggy and Billy were ready for them. Billy tied a loop in one kite Btrlng for Peggy, and a loop In the other for himself. Then slip, slash, his knife cut the knots that fastened the kites to the trfees. and away went Billy and Peggy flying so fast that they tore right through the flock of astonished birds and sped over the tree tops toward the shore of the lake. (Tomorrow will b told how Balky Sara finds himself in a lot of funny trouble.) m This is the Year To Go West For a real vacation or for business the Pacific Coast, Alaska and Puget Sound country and atrip you will never forget through the Canadian Pacific Rockies Such a skyline as not even Switzerland can boast -r spacious hotels and (noun tain chalata inviting you to rest and play day light trip in open-top ob servation cars through an Alpine Fairyland. No extra lares or sidetripi necessary. "Ideal in September" Ask for Resort Tour No. 3-13 Thomas J. 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